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The story of Wolf and the Lamb where the Wolf cooks up an excuse to eat the lamb applies to the present day human society as well. The use of force by the powerful to suppress the people whom they dislike or think to be ‘inferior’ to them, to maintain their supremacy, they would not mind even pushing the whole society into violence. Such situations have very serious implications on the society including on health. This has been observed in several parts of the world.

The National Convention of Workers — held at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on November 11 —gave a clarion call to the working classes of the country to prepare for a massive countrywide general strike during the forthcoming budget session in February 2022, under the common banner ‘Save the People and Save the Nation’. The all-important convention was called by the joint trade union platform comprising ten central trade unions — INTUC [Indian National Trade Union Congress], AITUC [All India Trade Union Congress], HMS [Hind Mazdoor Sabha], CITU [Centre of Indian Trade Unions], AIUTUC [All India United Trade Union Centre], TUCC [Trade Union Coordination Centre], SEWA [Self Employed Women's Association], AICCTU [All India Central Council of Trade Unions], LPF [Labour Progressive Federation] and UTUC [United Trade Union Congress] — and almost all the independent sectoral federations and associations in the country.

This regime of ‘Pradhan Sevak’ Narendra Modi is a ‘JCB’ and it compares well with Rakesh Tikait’s tractor. Modi is bulldozing through Opposition voices and he does not wait for Sunday to give way to Monday to make clear his intentions. Sunday, November 14, his government issued an ordinance that gives ED and CBI heads longer tenures – five years at a stretch after superannuation.

Bhopal: The Habibganj Railway Station which is renamed as Rani Kamalapati Railway Station is slated to be inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi here on Monday, November 15.

Chandigarh: Shiv Kapur held his nerves at crucial moments as he piped Rashid Khan in a playoff to win the Rs. 1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational at Chandigarh Golf Club here on Sunday.

Chandigarh: Dubai-based Shiv Kapur returned five under 67 to take a one-shot advantage at 17-under 199 at the end of the penultimate round of the Rs. 1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational at the Chandigarh Golf Club here on Saturday.

New Delhi: Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, led the star parade as President Ram Nath Kovind conferred 12 Sportspersons with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and honoured 35 others with Arjuna awards in an impressive ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday.

So he thinks – National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. For a phase in his life, he too was ‘civil society’, which he, now, says is the "new frontier of war". Civil society, he warns, can be “suborned and manipulated” to hurt India’s interests. Of course, Doval is establishment, now at odds with civil society as civil society is at odds with the establishment.

Judging by its huge defeat in West Bengal and its 50 per cent strike rate in the recent national by-elections, the BJP’s prospects for next year’s assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur appear a little shaky. But at the BJP’s recent national executive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exuded confidence that the party will continue to be in a commanding position. He pointed out that the BJP has an army of committed cadres, while other parties revolve around just one family. (It is another matter that today, the BJP and the government revolve entirely around Modi.) More than Modi’s speech, it was the unguarded remark of Prashant Kishor, Mamata Banerjee campaign handler, which provided the reality check to those who assume that Narendra Modi’s days are numbered because of bad governance, ugly efforts at communal polarisation, a disturbing disregard for democratic norms and blatant manipulation of constitutional bodies and investigative agencies to settle scores with opponents.

Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal has said India’s services exports are set to touch $ one trillion by 2030. He had said couple of months back India’s merchandise exports that is goods exports will touch $ one trillion in next 4-5 years. Putting these two together India’s goods and services export will surge to $2 trillion in next 6-7 years. Is it in the realms of reality? Some critics do doubt if this is achievable but there are others who are positive and say this is a strong possibility. If India were to become a $5 trillion economy from the present $3trillion in the next few years, It has to adopt export-led growth to achieve at least 9-10 per cent GDP growth on a sustained basis.